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1 anyɛn
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2 noita
yks.nom. noita; yks.gen. noidan; yks.part. noitaa; yks.ill. noitaan; mon.gen. noitien noitain; mon.part. noitia; mon.ill. noitiinmagician (noun)shaman (noun)sorcerer (noun)sorceress (noun)warlock (noun)witch (noun)wizard (noun)* * *• shaman• wizard• witch• warlock• harridan• sorcerer• magician• sorceress -
3 sorcerer
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4 bruja
f.1 witch, sorceress.2 hag (informal) (ugly woman).3 vixen, old bag, old hag, bitch.4 crone, harridan.5 barn owl.pres.subj.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: brujir.* * *1 (hechicera) witch2 (mujer - fea) old hag; (- malintencionada) witch* * *noun f.* * *1.ADJestar bruja — Caribe, Méx ** to be broke *, be flat (EEUU) *
ando bien bruja — ** I'm skint **
2. SF1) (=hechicera) witch4) (Orn) barn owl* * *1) ( mujer antipática) (fam) witch (colloq), old hag (colloq); ver tb brujo II2) (AmC, Col) (Zool) moth* * *= witch, bitch, dragon lady, shrewish, evil old woman, sorceress, old hag, hag, old bag, old crone, old bat.Ex. Recently parents and concerned citizens have increasingly challenged library books that feature witches, demons and the devil whether in fiction, mythology or mysticism.Ex. Scarlett O'Hara, the main character, is portrayed as both a scheming bitch and hard-nosed survivor.Ex. The impassive Diane is portrayed early on as the office dragon lady, bossing about her underling.Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.Ex. The fear of evil old women flying across the sky on broomsticks and hunting for children still remains today because of the ignorance of humanity.Ex. Its origin is a German folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress.Ex. On the streets of London we meet some of the denizens of the city -- there is the sandwich-board man, a blind old hag, and a lamplighter among them.Ex. Many stories about hags seem to have been used to frighten children into being good.Ex. Feminists prior to her were the old bags, the women that were so ugly you couldn't stand to look at them.Ex. About this time several of the old crones of the tribe offered their ribald advice on how the new couple should conduct themselves off in the forest together.Ex. The other day some crazy old bat stole both my house keys and car keys.----* bieja bruja = old hag.* caza de brujas = witch-hunt, witch hunting.* vieja bruja = evil old woman, harridan, hag, old bag, old crone, old bat.* * *1) ( mujer antipática) (fam) witch (colloq), old hag (colloq); ver tb brujo II2) (AmC, Col) (Zool) moth* * *= witch, bitch, dragon lady, shrewish, evil old woman, sorceress, old hag, hag, old bag, old crone, old bat.Ex: Recently parents and concerned citizens have increasingly challenged library books that feature witches, demons and the devil whether in fiction, mythology or mysticism.
Ex: Scarlett O'Hara, the main character, is portrayed as both a scheming bitch and hard-nosed survivor.Ex: The impassive Diane is portrayed early on as the office dragon lady, bossing about her underling.Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.Ex: The fear of evil old women flying across the sky on broomsticks and hunting for children still remains today because of the ignorance of humanity.Ex: Its origin is a German folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress.Ex: On the streets of London we meet some of the denizens of the city -- there is the sandwich-board man, a blind old hag, and a lamplighter among them.Ex: Many stories about hags seem to have been used to frighten children into being good.Ex: Feminists prior to her were the old bags, the women that were so ugly you couldn't stand to look at them.Ex: About this time several of the old crones of the tribe offered their ribald advice on how the new couple should conduct themselves off in the forest together.Ex: The other day some crazy old bat stole both my house keys and car keys.* bieja bruja = old hag.* caza de brujas = witch-hunt, witch hunting.* vieja bruja = evil old woman, harridan, hag, old bag, old crone, old bat.* * *B (AmC, Col) ( Zool) moth* * *
bruja sustantivo femenino
1 witch, sorceress
2 fig (mujer antipática) old bag
' bruja' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
mientras
- chicha
- escoba
English:
bitch
- cow
- hag
- sorceress
- witch
- change
* * *♦ nf1. [hechicera] witch, sorceress♦ adjCAm, Carib, Méx Fam* * *f1 witch;caza de brujas tb fig witch hunt2 Méx:andar oestar bruja fam be broke fam* * * -
5 sorcier
sorcier [sɔʀsje]1. masculine noun• il ne faut pas être sorcier pour... you don't have to be a wizard to...2. adjective* * *sɔʀsje
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(colloq) adjectif masculince n'est (pourtant) pas sorcier! — (but) it's dead (colloq) easy!
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nom masculin2) ( guérisseur) witch doctor* * *sɔʀsje, jɛʀ (-ière)1. nm/fsorcerer (sorceress), witch2. adj m* * *A ○adj m ce n'est (pourtant) pas sorcier! (but) it's dead○ easy!B nm2 ( guérisseur) witch doctor., sorcière [sɔrsje, ɛr] nom masculin, nom fémininil ne faut pas être (grand) sorcier pour comprendre cela (familier) you don't need to be a genius to understand that————————adjectif masculin————————sorcière nom féminin -
6 morà
morà Grammatical information: f. ā Proto-Slavic meaning: `nightly spirit, nightmare'Page in Trubačev: XIX 211-214Church Slavic:Russian:móra (dial.) `mythological female creature, ghost, darkness' [m/f ā] \{1\}Ukrainian:móra (dial.) `nightmare, house-spirit' [f ā]Czech:můra \{4\} `nightmare, mythological creature that suffocates people in their sleep, moth' [f ā]Slovak:Polish:mora (dial.) `nightly spirit that attacks people and horses in their sleep, nightly apparition, nightmare' [f ā]Slovincian:mùora (dial.) `nightmare, its female personification' [f ā]Serbo-Croatian:mòra `nightmare' [f ā] \{2\};Čak. Morȁ (Orbanići) `[personified] nightmare, female phantom (appears early in the morning, walks with the sound of a cat tripping;makes a habit of sitting on people's throats and nearly suffocating them' [f ā]Slovene:móra `nightmare, owl' [f ā] \{3\}Bulgarian:morá `nightmare' [f ā]Indo-European reconstruction: mor-eh₂Certainty: +Page in Pokorny: 735-736Comments: The image of a (female) ghost who induces nightmares is apparently common to Slavic, Germanic and, possibly, Celtic. The root of this creature's name is unclear. Pokorny assumes a connection with *mer- `aufreiben, reiben; packen, rauben', which is not entirely convincing. For a discussion of the relationship between *mora and *mara, see s.v. *mara.Other cognates:OIr. mor-rígain `goddess of the battlefield, female demon' [f] \{5\}Notes:\{1\} The noun also occurs in Ru. kikímora m/f `house-sprite that spins at night'. \{2\} The folkloristic belief that the mora is an evil female creature (witch, sorceress) is mentioned in Karadžić's dictionary (cf. the form from Orbanići). \{3\} There is a variant mȏra `nightmare, house-spirit, creature that at night suffocates people in their sleep and harms animals' ( Slovar slovenskega jezika II: 238. \{4\} In dialects, we find a variant mora. -
7 kizee
------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] kizee[Swahili Plural] vizee[English Word] old woman[English Plural] old women[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8an[Derived Language] Swahili[Derived Word] -zee[Related Words] mzee------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] kizee[Swahili Plural] vizee[English Word] sorceress[English Plural] sorceresses[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8an[Derived Language] Swahili[Derived Word] -zee[Related Words] mzee------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] kizee[Swahili Plural] vizee[English Word] witch[English Plural] witches[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8an[Derived Language] Swahili[Derived Word] -zee[Related Words] mzee------------------------------------------------------------ -
8 kizimwi
------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] kizimwi[Swahili Plural] vizimwi[English Word] fairy[English Plural] fairies[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8an[Related Words] zimwi, mzimu, kuzimu, wazimu[Terminology] literary------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] kizimwi[Swahili Plural] vizimwi[English Word] evil spirit[English Plural] evil spirits[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8an[Related Words] zimwi, mzimu, kuzimu, wazimu[Terminology] literary------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] kizimwi[Swahili Plural] vizimwi[English Word] sorceress[English Plural] sorceresses[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8an[Related Words] zimwi, mzimu, kuzimu, wazimu[Terminology] literary------------------------------------------------------------
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